We dream of a Philippines that is beautiful in its march to progress and prosperity, where there is enough for everyone, where no Filipino is left behind in poverty, where every Filipino family lives in comfort and dignity, a country that seeks prosperity for all and not only for a few.
We dream of a nation where love and solidarity are its highest values, where people live as one family and one community, where every person is a brethren, where our people’s love for one another becomes a light and a hope to all humanity.
We dream of a country where the government is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people; a country where all people are equal before its laws, where the government strengthens the weakest and controls the excesses of the mighty.
We dream of a society where dreams are possible, however high they may seem; where every child has hope for a beautiful future, and can attain the fullness of life as he or she conceives it to be; a country where the poor can also be wealthy, where the weak can also be strong.
We dream of a country where our people, wherever they maybe in the world, will always be proud of themselves as Filipinos and consider themselves as part of the Filipino family, as sons and daughters of our Motherland, as part of the Answer to our nation’s dreams, as part of the Hope of our country’s future.
Finally, we dream of a Philippines that can bring out the best and the highest in our people, so the Filipino may enrich mankind and ennoble the world, so the Filipino may become truly great and respected, not only in the eyes of this world, but moreso in the eyes of our Creator.
This is our Dream Philippines!
This is the country we all deserve!
And we commit our utmost best that God may bless us to attain it!
Alex Lacson
January 2009